Available for Software Development Manager Role & Advisory roles

Engineering
Leader &
Founder

11+ years building high-scale backend systems across healthcare SaaS. Scaled Docquity's platform to 600K+ healthcare professionals across Southeast Asia — now building my own dent.

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11+
Years Experience
600K+
HCPs Served
15+
Engineers Led
🚀 Founder Mode
Ashish Anand
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Software Development Manager Open to engagements
About Me

Builder at heart,
leader by practice

I joined Docquity as one of the early engineers and spent nearly a decade helping it become Southeast Asia's largest digital network for healthcare professionals — scaling from a handful of doctors to 600K+ HCPs across 8 countries.

Along the way I wore many hats: backend architect, engineering manager, team builder, and cross-functional bridge between product, business, and engineering. I've moved infrastructure from clunky monoliths to resilient microservices and built systems that process 15M+ API calls daily.

Today I'm focused on my own startup, while selectively taking on fractional CTO and technical advisory roles where I can have real impact — helping early-stage founders build the right foundations without the wrong shortcuts.

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Platform Architect
Designed scalable systems handling millions of daily requests with 99.99% uptime
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Team Builder
Led, hired and mentored 15+ engineers across backend, QA, and DevOps
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Startup Founder
Currently building my own startup with a self-sustaining product
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Fractional CTO
10–20 hrs/week available for advisory and technical leadership engagements
Experience

Where I've built

Nearly a decade at one company, growing from engineer to acting engineering manager — and now building solo.

Docquity Services Pvt Ltd Feb 2016 – Jan 2025
Tech Lead / Acting Engineering Manager

Joined at early stage, helped scale the platform to 600K+ healthcare professionals across Southeast Asia. Owned end-to-end delivery of backend platforms — from planning and milestone tracking to cross-team dependency management. Led cross-functional teams of 15+ engineers, conducted 50+ technical interviews, and drove the platform modernization from monolithic architecture to distributed microservices (Docquity 2.0).

PHPNode.jsJavaAWSRedisMySQLMongoDBKafkaDockerKubernetesWebRTCMicroservices
Virinchi Software Pvt Ltd Sept 2015 – Jan 2016
Senior Software Engineer

Built backend systems for CRM and learning platforms. Developed a lesson management system serving 18K+ students and integrated secure payment gateways.

JavaMySQLREST APIsPayment Gateways
Web Tycoon Feb 2014 – Sept 2015
Software Engineer / Team Lead

Developed 20+ web applications including CMS and e-commerce platforms. Worked directly with clients to deliver custom software solutions.

PHPJavaScriptMySQLCMSE-commerce
Technical Skills

The stack I live in

Deep expertise in backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and distributed architecture — with enough breadth to lead full-stack teams.

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Backend & Architecture
PHP / Laravel / Slim Node.js / NestJS Java / Spring Boot Golang REST API Design Microservices Event-Driven Systems Performance Optimization
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Cloud & DevOps
AWS EC2 / S3 AWS SNS / SQS AWS IAM / CloudWatch Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Pipelines
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Databases
MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Neo4j (Graph DB)
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Real-Time & Streaming
WebSockets WebRTC Agora SDK Kafka AWS Media Services
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Integrations
Twilio / WhatsApp Payment Gateways Third-party APIs Healthcare Systems
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Leadership
Engineering Management Hiring & Mentoring Agile / Scrum Technical Strategy Stakeholder Alignment
Key Projects

Systems I've shipped

A selection of the most impactful platforms I've architected and delivered over the years.

01 / Docquity
Core Social Platform & Backend Architecture

Designed and built the backend powering Docquity's professional social network for doctors. Built backend APIs using Core PHP, MySQL, and Redis, migrating the platform from PHP 5.x to modern architecture.

↑ API latency reduced by 40–50%
02 / Docquity
Webinar & Virtual Medical Events Platform

Architected a large-scale webinar hosting system enabling remote medical conferences with multi-host capability, live streaming, and event recordings using WebRTC, Agora SDK, and AWS.

✓ Enabled large medical events during COVID-19
03 / Docquity
Notification & Engagement Infrastructure

Designed a distributed notification delivery platform supporting high-volume engagement campaigns using Redis job queues, AWS SNS/SES/SQS, and background worker systems.

✓ Delivered to hundreds of thousands of users
04 / Docquity
Content Recommendation Engine

Designed and implemented Docquity's personalized content recommendation system using behavior-based ranking, Redis caching, and personalized feed generation algorithms.

↑ Content engagement increased by ~50%
05 / Docquity
Teleconsultation Platform — Docquity Clinic

Led backend development for a telemedicine platform supporting doctors and patients with video/audio/chat consultations, prescription and appointment systems, and insurance integrations.

✓ Adopted by 20+ healthcare organizations
06 / Docquity
Distributed Microservices Migration (Docquity 2.0)

Led the transition from a monolithic architecture to distributed microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB — including RBAC-like authorization and data migration.

↑ Deployment time cut from ~1 hr to minutes
Let's Connect

Open to fractional
engagements

I'm selectively taking on fractional CTO and technical advisory roles. If you're an early-stage founder who needs senior engineering leadership without the full-time cost — let's talk.

linkedin.com/in/coolashishanand workwithashishanand@gmail.com +91 9560589780